Sunday, August 17, 2014

The costume designers usually draw one or two nominations from among the best picture contenders, and then spread the wealth with their remaining picks. For now, I’m going with Into The Woods for the win, since the play was nominated for the Tony awards twice in this category.

There are also several historical costume dramas that are still seeking distribution dates. It’s early enough that they could still get a qualifying run and do fine with this branch of the Academy which really focuses on craftsmanship, but with each day that passes the chances become just a little bit more difficult.

1. Into The Woods (Predicted Winner)

2. Exodus: Gods And Kings

3. Mr. Turner

4. Big Eyes

5. Maleficent

Alternates:

6. The Grand Budapest Hotel

7. Inherent Vice

8. Selma

9. Noah

10. Unbroken

11. Grace Of Monaco

12. Theory Of Everything

13. Fury

14. Suite Francaise

15. Get On Up

16. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

17. The Two Faces Of January

18. Belle

19. The Homesman

20. Macbeth

21. The Imitation Game

22. The Monuments Men

23. Miss Julie

24. Queen Of The Desert

25. A Most Violent Year

26. Pawn Sacrifice

27. The Hundred Foot Journey

28. Magic In The Moonlight

29. Saint Laurent

30. Suffragette

31. The Immigrant

32. Jimmy’s Hall

33. Sin City: A Dame To Die For

34. The Monkey King

35. Winter’s Tale

36. X-Men: Days Of Future Past

37. Foxcatcher

38. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

39. Jersey Boys

40. Birdman

41. Effie Gray

42. In Secret

43. Dracula Untold

44. A Little Chaos

45. Snowpiercer

46. Guardians Of The Galaxy

47. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

48. The Giver

49. Serena

50. The Railway Man

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